Texas Longhorns: The Horns have been treading water for awhile, and it hasn't helped that top commit, QB Tyrone Swoopes, is starting to lose steam in recruiting circles as questions swirl about his passing abilities. It's still a very strong (if small) class, especially on the offensive side of the ball, where OLs Kent Perkins, Jake Raulerson and Darius James are all fringey five-star prospects depending on who you ask, while 6-4 WR Jake Oliver looks like a prototypical possession receiver at the college level. Here's how the recruiting services rank Texas' class / 247 Sports: No. 7 overall class / Rivals: No. 11 / Scout: No. 10 / ESPN: No. 7 / AVERAGE RANKING: No. 9 overall class

The Texas Longhorns and Texas A&M Aggies are no longer rivals on the field, but the schools still clashing on the recruiting trail, so both sides had to be holding their breath when news broke that touted WR prospect Ricky Seals-Jones injured his knee during a high school football game Thursday night.

Fortunately, the Houston Chronicle is reporting that Seals-Jones suffered a dislocated left kneecap, but no serious structural damage and will not need surgery. The paper reported that Seals-Jones could be back in action in as little as three weeks.

“He’s going to be fine. He’s going to probably miss 3-4 weeks, but he’ll be fine,” Seals-Jones' father, Chester, told the Chronicle. “He could come back quicker but we want him to take his time.
Everybody knows what he can do – everybody in the country knows what
kind of ballplayer he is.”

Seals-Jones, a senior at Sealy High School, is ranked as the nation's best wide receiver prospect in the 2013 class by Rivals.com and is said to be seriously considering both Texas and Texas A&M as well as Baylor and LSU.

The 6-5, 220 pound wideout had verbally committed to Texas earlier in the year, but then decommitted in June in order to consider his options. He's said to want to play both football and basketball in college.

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